View, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of a procession of Native American (Hopi) snake priests, they dance in a single file; groups of unidentified Native American, White, men and women look on; the dancers wear kilts, and bead necklaces; some...

Native American (Hopi) men, snake dancers, stand in a line before the kisi and hold feather snake whips at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; groups of Native American,and white men and women sit and stand in around the snake members and on dance...

View, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of a procession of Native American (Hopi) snake dancers, Antelope priests, in a single file; groups of unidentified Native American, White, and women look on; the dancers wear kilts, and bead necklaces;...

View, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of Native American (Hopi) snake priests, who dance in a single file around snake or dance rock; they wear fur moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which hang from woven leather belts, body paint, beaded...

Native American (Hopi) men, possibly antelope priests, dance in a single file as part of the snake dance, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; groups of unidentified Native American, white, men and women look on; dancers wear kilts, and bead...

Native American men (Hopi), snake dancers, stand in a circle at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; five men handle snakes, one holds a snake in his mouth; one man strokes a rattle snake (on the ground) with a feather, while groups of unidentified...

Native American (Hopi) snake dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; three snake members stand together, one holds a snake in his mouth while two men stroke the snake with feathers; groups of unidentified Native American and white men and women...

Native American (Hopi) snake dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; snake members stand in two groups; some hold snakes in their mouths while others stroke snakes with feathers, one man handles a snake; groups of unidentified Native American...

Two white men stand and kneel near the kisi before the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes attaches a notice to the kisi while Native American and white spectators stand and sit on pueblo buildings and near the...

Hopi dancers line-up against a pueblo wall before the Kisi, a cottonwood bower that holds the snakes for the Snake Dance, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The dancers wear animal pelts, kilts, feathers, and body paint. Native American and white...

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who stand in a line near the kisi as part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts attached to belts, body paint, and feathers in...

A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) man, a Snake member, bends down to pick up a snake as a part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The man wears moccasins, a fringed kilt, a fur pelt which hangs from a leather belt, body paint,...

A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) woman crouches on the edge of the mesa after the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Two other women stand behind, closer to the pueblo, near a large metal basin. Spectators stand and sit, on and near,...

Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men plant cottonwood boughs from the Little Colorado River to create a kisi at the dance plaza at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. White men and women look on. Pueblo buildings, Dance Rock, and a wooden ladder...

View of a Native American (Hopi) snake dance at Walpi, Arizona. The men and boy dancers wear breechcloths, shirts, feathers, animal pelts, and face paint; they hold rattlesnakes. Spectators include white men; one holds a bellows camera.

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who stand in a line near the kisi as part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts attached to belts, body paint, and feathers in...

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who handle snakes as part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. One snake member holds a feather whip toward a snake on the ground while other members handle snakes and look on....

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who take part in the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members walk behind the Dance Rock as spectators sit and stand on pueblo buildings, the Dance Rock, and near the...

A man who wears pants, a shirt, suspenders, and a hat walks between two groups of Native American (Hopi) Snake and Antelope members who participate in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. One group of Snake and Antelope members...

View of Native American (Hopi) men and women who prepare for the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. One man sits and two men stand near a pile of folded blankets while a group of women stand in line near the blankets. Both men and...

Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men, Snake and Antelope members, take part in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The men make a circuit around the Dance Rock, past the kisi. They wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which hang from...

Native American (Hopi) men, Antelope members, stand in a line near the kisi as part of a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The men wear kilts, body paint, and feather headdresses. One man holds a ceremonial staff with feathers...

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who take part in the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members stand in a line, away from the kisi while two snakes are on the ground. Other Snake members stand near the...

View of Native American (Hopi) women who prepare for the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Women stand and dress near a covered passageway between a pueblo building and the edge of the mesa. A pile of folded blankets sits on a large...

Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men, Snake members, take part in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Two men stand in the Dance Plaza near the kisi, one with his arm around the other. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which...

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who take part in the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Some Snake members handle snakes while others look on. Two snakes are coiled on the ground. The Snake members wear moccasins,...

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who stand in a line near the kisi as part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake members hold feather whips and wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts attached to belts, body...

View of Native American (Hopi) men, Antelope members, who dance in a line as part of the Antelope Dance, part of the Snake Dance, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Antelope members wear body paint and feather headdresses. Spectators sit and...

View of Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men, Antelope members, who dance in a line lead by old Supela, holding a bowl of sacred corn meal, as part of the Antelope Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Antelope members wear moccasins, kilts,...

Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men and women sit, crouch, and stand near the edge of the mesa at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The women administer an emetic to those who have participated in the Snake Dance. Men and women wear breechcloths....

View of a Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) man who runs near Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The man takes part in the Snake Race and runs on large boulders near the edge of the mesa. A group of white men look on.

Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)

August, 1899

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